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A. S. STROUSE. SHIRT.

Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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ALEXANDE I S. S'IROUSE, OF POTTSVIIJLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,822, dated I/Iarch'l, 1887,

Application filed April 14, 1886. Serial No. 198,972.

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Be it know 11 that l, ALEXANDER S. S'rRo'Use, of Pottsville, in thecounty of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Shirts; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to shirts of that class known as dress or outsideshirts, and hasfor its object, first, to render it convenient to replacethe necltband or wristbands, when worn or partially worn out, before therest of the shirt is in a similarly wornbnt condition, and at the sametime to retain the original shape and form of the parts from which theyare detached and prevent the loosening and fraying out of the gatheredportions of the garment. In general. to so simplify the detaching andattaching of the neckband or wristbands. so as to enable any person,whether skilled or unskilled in the art of making and constructingshirts, to do the same and practically renew a shirt when worn orpartially worn out at these parts.

My invention consists in certain details of construction, hereinafterfully set forth, and specifically claimed.

In the drawings hereunto attached, and forming part of thisspecification, Figure l represents my improved shirt with ncckband andwristbands detached. Fig. 2 represents the same with the neckband andwristbands in place. Fig. 8 represents a section through the wristbandand a portion of the sleeve on line :0 m of Fig. 1.

As is well known, the neckband or wristbands of a shirt are usually wornout before any other portion of the garment. Under the old method ofconstructing shirts at the neck and sleeve, the Worn or partially wornout bands could not be detached without the risk of having the neck orsleeve ends lose the gatl1- ers and fray out, thus losing their originalshape and fit. Another difficulty attending the detaching of neckband orwristbands of a worn or partially worn out shirt is in the danger ofdestroying the material of the garment to which the same are to beattached, and which danger is entirely avoided and overcome by myinvention:

In carrying out my invention I make the (N0 modcLl shirt at the neck inthe usual and ordinary way; but in addition thereto, and beforeattaching the neckband, I stitch a binding of muslin or linen around theedge of the neck, as shown at A by Fig. 1 of the drawings, and beforeattaching the wristbands I also stitch a binding of lint-n or muslinaround the end of sleeves in like manner, as shown at G by Fig. 1 of thedrawings. After the binding of linen or muslin has been sewed around theedges of the neck and sleeves the ordinary neckband and wristbands areattached thereto by sewing, in the usual way. By interposing the bindinga and 0 between the neck and sleeves of the garment and the neckband andwristbands it will be understood that they may be readily detached andreplaced by new ones without in any way interfering with the set of theshirt at the points indicated, as the binding will always keep theshape, and when the bands are detached or attached they aresimplydetached from or attached to the binding.

I purpose putting up with each shirt d uplicate neekbands and wristbandsof the same size and shape as those atttached to the shirt, so that whenthe originals are worn or partially worn out the duplicates may beattached tothe garment. I also purpose manufacturing neckbands andwristbands of all sizes and shapes, on each of which bands will bemarked the true and correct measurement of the same. This will enablepersons to secure a perfectfitting neckband or wristbands to replacesuch as may be worn or partially worn out.

What I claim is A shirt having the neck-opening or wristopening providedwith a binding over the edge of the said opening, and having securedsupplemental thereto the ordinary neckband or wristbands, whereby thesaid bands may be renewed without altering the fit of the shirt, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and name to thisspecification in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEX. S. STROUSE.

Vitnesses:

GEO. J. \VADLINGER, EDWARD A. Sonwnnss.

